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Saturday, November 12, 2016

I was honored to be asked to make the Emerald for a friend of mine, Mikulaj. The Emerald is an Order in the Barony of Concordia of the Snows that is given for a well done creation of persona. Mikulaj and I have talked over the years and he does an incredible Polish persona and is wonderfully knowledgeable in the subject. So when I was asked to make his scroll, I started by searching for Polish documents to inspire me.

I wanted the words to be the more important part of the scroll, and found a few that were documents from royalty giving out land or titles. This worked well for me. So I scoured the words and eventually rearranged and translated and worked out something to read as follows:

"For
the eternal memory of things, because human actions are so worthy of
memory, this letter will be handled as memory.

Pan
Mikulaj von Meissen, who was to us and our predecessors, valuable
through due merit, faith and duty, saw the more he tried he did stand
out.

That
is why we Jean Paul, Baron of Concordia of the Snows, and Lylie,
Baroness, hereby declare that for whom this letter is intended, we
offer respect for the obedience and famous merit.

Considering
that his duties both publicly and privately met weights, his wants to
make himself more inclined and willing to Our Barony and Our Kingdom
for knowledge and desire of Polish custom was pleasing.

By
needs and measures established, as well as duties and burdens of
Poland, under which the customs are obliged after all the good this
man has maintained, We do this.

Thanks
to Our existing Emeralds, unto this Order which is appropriate to the
circumstances, with all the same goods and income, all for ever
joining, assign and take on the Emerald.

A
testimony to our signature is affixed to the document. Make things
happen in the Barony of Concordia of the Snows at the meeting of
Ceilidh on Saturday, the eve of the 12th in the year of Our Society
LI (51), in the presence of many dignitaries, officials, courtiers,
and subjects who are dear to us."

I was quite happy with the results and decided, in the end, that the document that inspired the words should also inspire the finished product. So here is a link to the document I had chosen, a Polish document from 1548:

http://tnn.pl/mapy/lublinwdokumencie1548/

And here is my finished product. I kept the pencil lines in this time since they were also very apparent on the original scroll. I was trying to keep it as true to form as I was able with the skills and supplies I have for use.

About Me

I'm a stay at home mom to a wonderful little boy.
I live in a rural area that allows me the peace and quiet I always wanted when I lived in other places.
I have varied and many hobbies, most of which the SCA is to blame for giving them to me.